As always some great suggestions. I just recently downloaded “In the Unlikely Event” and I am looking forward to the read. In keeping with your theme, I thought of Philip Roth’s great novella “Goodbye Columbus” where the main characters live in Newark & Short Hills, New Jersey.

Hey! I’m from Union with the tallest water sphere in the world!! That was one of our landmarks. It’s funny but when I’m in Italy and I’m asked where I’m from, even though I don’t live in New Jersey now, I was born and raised there, and that’s what they want to know. So when I say NJ, the response is always “Bello!” Everyone has a relative or friend in the Garden State.

Wow, New Jersey has quite the list of famous folks! It’s always fun reading books set in places you live or have visited and you get to picture characters in familiar settings. (And how funny you included an author from my home state–Oregon–in your New Jersey line-up.)

Having lived most of my life on the Left Coast except for stints in Chicago and Idaho, I am as unfamiliar with New Jersey as if it were an English-speaking foreign country. So I appreciate the education, and the reading list! 🙂

A jersey girl!! I knew there was a reason I liked you..:)
That sign is local. We’re probably neighbors and don’t even know it..:)
Great list of all things Jersey including the list of books. I will definitely take a look. Thanks, Barbara…:)